Top 10 Most Hated Footballers _ Part 2 _ Figo, Ronaldo & Vardy!

Top 10 Most Hated, Part 2 Hello and welcome to Football Daily, where today we're listing another 10 of the most hated players in world football. 10. Raheem Sterling Raheem Sterling burst onto the scene in the 2013-14 season, when Liverpool rode the devastating attacking whirlwind of Luis Suarez to the brink of Premier League triumph. Sterling's pace ripped through defences, as the young Englishman scored nine and assisted seven in 33 league appearances. But after Suarez's departure and a year of regression, Sterling angled for a move, skipping training with a fake illness after turning down a £100,000-a-week contract at Anfield. As Man City circled, fans labelled the winger a snake, claiming that he was greedy and had never been that good to start with. And Sterling was bizarrely the scapegoat after England's disastrous showing at Euro 2016, subjected to so much online abuse that the forward called himself the Hated One. 9. Thierry Henry How can such a brilliant footballer be hated, we hear you say? Well, just ask the Republic of Ireland. Henry, a supremely talented striker, incurred the wrath of the Irish in a World Cup play-off qualifier in 2009. With the winner of the game progressing to the 2010 tournament in South Africa, the stakes were high, and the aggregate score was delicately balanced at 1-1 in extra time in the second leg. A free kick was swung into the box, and as the ball bounced dangerously, Henry controlled it with his hand, allowing him to pull it back for a William Gallas winner. The Irish requested a replay, and Henry's family even received threats from angry fans, while the French forward's indiscretion was christened Le Hand of God. 8. Jamie Vardy Hailed for his fairytale story after a stratospheric rise from non-league player to Premier League champion, Jamie Vardy has encountered his fair share of controversy along the way. While at amateur side Stocksbridge Park Steels in 2007, Vardy was convicted of assault and frequently had to be subbed off so that he could make his court-appointed curfew. And his wonderful 2015-16 season with Leicester almost came to a premature end, when he was caught on camera racially abusing a Japanese man in a casino. The England international was fined by his club and sent on a course to address the incident, and with criticism of his on-pitch behaviour after dives against West Ham and Arsenal, Vardy earned the dislike of many on his route to a title winner's medal. 7. Luis Figo It's rare for a player to leave Barcelona against the club's wishes, but that's exactly what happened with the legendary Luis Figo in 2000. The Portuguese winger spent five years in Catalunya, winning the league twice and making 250 appearances for the club. But he unexpectedly left when Real Madrid met his €62m release clause, making him the most expensive player of all time. Figo promptly won the Ballon d'Or, two more titles and the Champions League. And when he returned to the Camp Nou for El Clásico, he received a hostile reception. The stadium was festooned with banners reading mercenary, scum and traitor, and Figo was targeted with missiles including bottles, mobile phones and even a dead pig's head. 6. Sol Campbell The ultimate football traitor, Sulzir Jeremiah Campbell, aka Sol, was one of the Premier League's outstanding defenders at Tottenham, where he had been tipped for stardom at the age of 14. But Campbell became dissatisfied with lily-white life, and in 2001 he turned down a contract offer which would have made him Spurs' highest paid player ever, citing his need to play Champions League football. Unforgivably, he switched to London rivals Arsenal on a free, giving the Gunners a 27-year-old defender at the peak of his powers, and leaving Spurs with nothing. And worst of all, he won two Premier League titles with Arsene Wenger's side, including 2004's famous unbeaten campaign, with the title clinched at White Hart Lane. Spurs fans still call him Judas to this day. 5. Marco Materazzi A tremendous man-marker, Marco Materazzi played left-back for Italy and Inter Milan, winning Serie A five times, the Champions League and the World Cup in 2006. He was also a serious goal threat, netting 12 in 2001, a Serie A record for a defender. His tough tackling earned him 15 career red cards, but it was the red card he earned Zinedine Zidane which made him truly hated. During the 2006 World Cup final, Materazzi provoked Zidane by insulting his sister, leading the Frenchman to headbutt him. Materazzi collapsed and writhed in pain as one of the game's greats received his marching orders. And Zizou's mother spoke for all of France afterwards, telling the press that she wanted Materazzi's balls on a platter. 4. Joey Barton Footballer, philosopher, twat. Joey Barton has many titles. The midfielder was once called the dirtiest player in the Premier League and he loves a scrap both on and off the pitch. In 2008 he served more than two months in prison for a fight in Liverpool, and was given a suspended sentence that same year for assaulting team-mate Ousmane Dabo on the training ground. He later punched Morten Gamst-Pedersen in the stomach and in 2012 he was handed a 12-match ban for elbowing Carlos Tevez, kicking Sergio Aguero and trying to headbutt Vincent Kompany in the same game. And we haven't even mentioned his stupid Twitter rants or the time he slapped Tom Huddleston in the balls during a match. The biggest tit in football. After Sam Allardyce's. 3. El Hadj Diuf Senegalese attacker El Hadj Diuf was less known for his play than for being an all-round arsehole. When he was at Rennes in France, he got in trouble with the law for driving without a licence and getting into a car crash. And when he came to England, Diuf anamorphed into a cobra, spitting at opposition fans and players alike, and once again running afoul of police after he told a ball boy at Everton, **** off white boy. Later, Neil Warnock called him lower than a sewer rat after Diuf taunted a player with a broken leg. But he finally got his comeuppance in 2011 while at Rangers, when a long-running spat with Scott Brown saw the Celtic captain score before celebrating gleefully in Diuf's face. 2. Gerard Pique An excellent defender with silverware to spare, Gerard Pique is in many ways easy to like. But the centre-back was booed during Spain's Euro 2016 qualification campaign and has a string of high-profile misdemeanours on his record. In 2014, the Spaniard was fined €10,000 after illegally parking in front of a club before insulting police officers who asked him to move. He once spat on one of Spain's assistant coaches and in 2015 he publicly said Madrid can go **** themselves. Later, he was banned for four games for abusing an assistant referee during Barca's 5-1 aggregate loss to Athletic Club in the Spanish Super Cup. 1. Cristiano Ronaldo After the Portuguese superstar was booed during a Champions League match in 2011, he offered his interpretation. It is because I am handsome, rich and a great player, he said. I have no other explanation. There's certainly some truth in that, but Cristiano is capable of being truly unpleasant at times. His displeasure when a teammate scores instead of passing is often obvious. And after Portugal were held to a draw by Minos Iceland at Euro 2016, he mocked their celebrations, claiming it showed a small mentality and that they are not going to do anything in the competition. Often perceived as vain and arrogant, it's hard not to feel that CR7 has a right to be. But given some of his comments, perhaps it's best that he lets his feet do the talking in the future.